A WAR OF LIES By Oliver Plaice, www.PoetryPoem.com/oliverspoems Unlock all Features - Upgrade to Poetry Prime
They told us this would be over by Christmas
little did they know the consequences of war
both sides dug in, and the carnage began...
Up to our knees in mud, death and dying
while all around the cannon fodder shouted
both day and night shattering ear drums
while taking away normal minds that once were...
We go over the top towards the wire at dawn
while raining down upon us their bullets
rat-at-tet...mowing us down like dominoes
we have no chance, but we are British so we go!
Four years like this with many dead on both sides
a war to to end all wars they are saying now...
the word came within the trenches, 'ITS OVER'
even so the killing didn't stop until after ...
11th November 1918 @ 11 am
B...
Written 11 November 2014
A WAR OF LIES
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